2006-07 Undergraduate Catalog
Lower-Division Admissions
The university’s Office of Admissions coordinates the admission of freshmen and lower-division transfer students. For admission guidelines, refer to the Office of Admissions.
Upper-Division Admissions
The college's Undergraduate Programs Office is responsible for admission decisions for transfer and online students. Students who wish to transfer directly to UF from a Florida public community college must have completed an AA degree. Limited space makes admission competitive; students who meet minimum admission requirements are not guaranteed admission. For information on transferring to the Warrington College of Business Administration, please review the university's transfer credit policies.
Students who have achieved advanced upper-division status, which is defined as 90 credits or more at a four-year institution, are rarely admitted. Students with 90 or more credits are encouraged to complete their degree at their current institution and consider the University of Florida for graduate degree programs in business.
Application deadlines are strictly enforced. Transfer students who do not have a complete application on file by the deadline, including all required credentials, transcripts, etc., will not be considered for admission and must apply for a subsequent term. Upper-division transfer students (defined as applicants with at least 60 credit hours) are considered for admission to the college for the fall, spring or summer A/C term provided they fulfill all of the following requirements:
- Earn an Associate of Arts degree (Florida community college transfers only)
- Earn passing scores on the CLAST Exam (state of Florida transfers only)
- Complete all preprofessional courses with the minimum GPA required. The preprofessional GPA is calculated based on
all attempts of the seven preprofessional courses or their equivalents. Once a student receives a grade of C or higher in a preprofessional
course or its equivalent, no subsequent grade in that course will be used to calculate the preprofessional GPA.
Transfer applicants must provide the Undergraduate Programs Office with grades for at least five of the seven preprofessional courses (including Survey of Calculus 1 or Financial Accounting) before they will be considered for admission. Applicants must also provide proof that any remaining preprofessional courses will be completed before enrolling at UF. The following table lists the seven required preprofessional courses:
Preprofessional Course Requirements for the
Warrington College of Business AdministrationACG 2021C Introduction to Financial Accounting ACG 2071 Introduction to Managerial Accounting CGS 2531 Problem Solving Using Computer Software ECO 2013 Principles of Macroeconomics ECO 2023 Principles of Microeconomics STA 2023 Introduction to Statistics 1 MAC 2233 * Survey of Calculus 1
* CIS majors must take MAC 2311 Analytic Geometry and Calculus 1 in lieu of MAC 2233. In addition, MAC 2312 Analytic Geometry and Calculus 2 must be completed before enrolling at UF.
Transfer students (except CIS and General Studies majors) are required to take an eighth preprofessional course, specific to each major, during their first term of enrollment at UF. See the programs of study section for each major-specific course. - Submission of preprofessional course equivalency forms to the Warrington College of Business Administration Undergraduate Programs Office is necessary for preprofessional courses taken at private, out-of-state and/or international institutions. These forms should be submitted to Stuzin Hall, Room 267, as early in the application process as possible.
It is important for transfer applicants to note that an academic catalog guarantees graduation requirements, not admission requirements. Admission and preprofessional course and GPA requirements are subject to change without notice for students who are not enrolled in the college.
Nondegree Students
Depending on resource constraints, nondegree seeking students may be allowed to register for business courses if they meet the following requirements:
- They are state of Florida employees who have not previously attended the University of Florida as a degree-seeking student.
- They have never applied to the University of Florida as a degree-seeking student.
- They are currently enrolled in an undergraduate business or accounting program at another university/college AND intend to transfer course work back to their home institution. Applicants for nondegree status are also required to submit a letter from their home institution requesting that they be granted nondegree status and stating the specific courses that they are authorized to take.
Students approved for nondegree status are only allowed to register for courses on the last day of drop/add. Nondegree registration is done on a space-available basis; therefore, depending on course availability, students who must take a specific course for transfer back to their home institution may wish to explore other academic alternatives.
Please note that the University of Florida does not allow courses taken as a nondegree student to be used to meet the requirements for a UF degree.
Student Responsibility
Students admitted to the college are expected to assume full responsibility for registering for the proper courses, fulfilling all requirements for degrees and completing all courses. Academic advisers in the Undergraduate Programs Office in Stuzin Hall, Room 267, are available to assist students with scheduling, registration, course selection, major changes, professional development and related matters. Students are encouraged to speak with an academic adviser each semester to ensure they are on track with their academic plan.
Tracking (Preprofessional) and General Education Requirements
Courses used to meet tracking (preprofessional) and General Education requirements may not be taken by correspondence or pass/fail (known as "S-U" at the University of Florida). Students who wish to use a course from another institution to fulfill preprofessional and/or General Education requirements should first consult with an adviser in the Undergraduate Programs Office.
Normal Course Loads
The college’s degree programs are designed for full-time study. Students are encouraged to register for 15 credit hours and are expected to register for a minimum of 12 credit hours each fall and spring. Students may not take more than 18 credit hours per term without first receiving approval by the college’s Undergraduate Petitions Committee.
Students who complete 12-14 credit hours and earn a 3.7 GPA or higher -OR- 15 hours or more and a 3.5 GPA or higher in the fall or spring semester are eligible for the dean's list. Those who make the dean's list will receive a certificate in recognition of their achievement. Note that S-U graded courses do not count toward the required credit hours.